THE SEROPREVALENCE OF 10 ZOONOSES IN 2 VILLAGES OF CRETE, GREECE

The seroprevalence and incidence of 10 zoonoses due to Rickettsia typh i, R. conorii, Coxiella burnetii, Burcella sp., Borrelia sp., Toxoplas ma sp., Leishmania sp., Entamoeba histolytica, Echinococcus granulosus and Fasciola hepatica were studied in an animal husbandry and a farmi ng village in Crete, Greece. The serum conversion incidence of each in fectious agent was determined by testing 2 blood samples, collected in 1985 and in 1987. The surveillance was conducted using detailed trans parent maps of the 2 villages studied, on which epidemiological data w ere interrelated to the results obtained from the serological tests. T hus the importance and spread of each infection were visualized. C bur netii, Toxoplasma sp., R. conorii, and E. granulosus, were the most co mmon infectious agents encountered during this study.